May 29, 1916
Air War:
0800 English pilot Albert Ball, flying Nieuport 16 5173, shoots down an LVG two-seater for victory number 2.
0830 Ball downs a second LVG for number 3.
Mediterranean Sea:
Walter Forstmann, commanding U-39, sinks three British freighters:
SS Baron Vernon, 1,779 tons, travelling in ballast from Savona to Seville;
SS Elmgrove, 3,018 tons, travelling in ballast from Toulon to Huelva;
SS Southgarth, 2,414 tons, travelling in ballast from Marseille to Benisaf.
Forstmann's score is now 70 ships and 162,513 tons.
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“Never do anything you can't take back.”
—Rocky Russo
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